Omate TrueSmart Closes at $1 Million, Pre-Orders Open

The guys at Omate really hit a home run on Friday with the conclusion of their Kickstarter, they definitely have had one of the most fiery Kickstarters I’ve ever seen. Their Kickstarter’s original goal was only $100,000 and they eventually crushed that by breaking over $1,000,000 which will help them get their business off the ground and production moving faster than ever. We’ve been working closely with the Omate guys and actually broke the original story about the Omate TrueSmart and its specs.

And of course, the $1 Million stretch goal on the 19th, which they managed to hit on the 20th, the final day. I personally have not seen a Kickstarter with so much drive and so much information for their backers. These guys literally started the process of making these smartwatches well into the actual development of the Kickstarter project and they already have finished working prototypes and are probably ahead of schedule.

They also have a pre-order page up if you didn’t get a chance to get into the Kickstarter. As you can tell, their final price is actually quite competitive with other smartwatch solutions (Galaxy Gear and Qualcomm Toq). However, it remains to be seen how the battery life will end up being compared to these other solutions. We can’t wait to get ours in to test it against the others that’ll be coming out soon. We’re just glad to see them be so successful and can’t wait to see a final production model.